…is the rate of poeming that Dave Landsberger, Eric Plattner, and I were able to keep up during this afternoon’s Poems While You Wait at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library in honor of National Poetry Month. As you can see (sort of) from the sign…

…we were strewn among the stacks this time, so that people got to stumble upon us…

semi-unexpectedly:

Here are two of our three typewriters riding the Northwest line to Arlington Heights. It was their first ever time on Metra, but they were pretty cool about it:

Thanks to the library for inviting us, and thanks to everyone who requested a poem. Stay tuned to the PWYW Tumblr for the results.